"Bernie Williams" & "Yao Ming" Quiz

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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Critical Reading
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

According to “Bernie Williams: Yankee Doodle Dandy,” what makes Williams well-rounded?

a.	He is interested in more than just baseball.
b.	He has worked hard to be good at baseball.
c.	He likes round things, such as baseballs.
d.	He has lived in many different places.

According to “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” why did Bernie Williams play in the minor leagues for seven years before making it to the majors leagues for good?

a.	He did not devote himself to baseball wholeheartedly at first; he was also running track.
b.	He was not the best player on his high school team and needed to improve his game.
c.	He was following his mother's advice that he not play in the majors until he was older.
d.	He was young and still learning the game when he signed a contract with the Yankees.

What do other baseball players think of Bernie Williams, according to “Yankee Doodle Dandy”?

a.	He excels only as an outfielder.
b.	He is talented but overbearing.
c.	He is quiet but well respected.
d.	He is hardworking but lacking talent.

What is the extent of Bernie Williams's involvement in music, according to “Yankee Doodle Dandy”?

a.	He and a group of other baseball players play in a jazz band for fun.
b.	He plays music to relax and listens to many different kinds of music.
c.	He became interested in music only after he met Bruce Springsteen.
d.	He reads music, prefers classical music, but also writes rap songs.

What is one important way in which readers of “Yankee Doodle Dandy” learn about Bernie Williams?

a.	They read what others say about him and what he says about himself.
b.	They read what critics have said about his abilities as a ball player.
c.	They read what other biographers have written about his childhood.
d.	They read about the many talented musicians in his extended family.

What does the following quotation from “Bernie Williams: Yankee Doodle Dandy” reveal about Bernie Williams?

My dad and my mom wanted me to stay off the streets and they enrolled me in a whole bunch of extracurricular activities.

a.	His parents encouraged him to play outdoors as well as indoors.
b.	His parents wanted him to stay busy because he was often in trouble.
c.	His parents wanted him to stay indoors because the streets were dangerous.
d.	His parents exposed him to a variety of activities so that he would stay off the streets.

According to “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” why does Bernie Williams not play on a school baseball team when he is in high school?

a.	His high school specializes in music and has no baseball team.
b.	He does not want to play on his high school baseball team.
c.	He is not good enough to play on his high school baseball team.
d.	His parents do not want him to have a career in baseball.

According to Paul O'Neill in “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” what aspect of baseball is Williams good at?

a.	hitting
b.	throwing
c.	running
d.	many things

It is obvious that “Yankee Doodle Dandy” is a biography because

a.	it is about a famous baseball player.
b.	it is about someone who is still alive.
c.	it is Bernie Williams's account of his own life.
d.	it is a writer's account of another person's life.

10.

Why does the article say Yao Ming is important to the NBA?

a.	He is the greatest basketball player ever.
b.	He beat Shaq in a skills competition.
c.	He can help bring the NBA to China’s 1.3 billion people.
d.	He is the only Chinese player in the NBA.

11.

Which of the follow sentences from the selection BEST shows a main idea of the article.

a.	Two other members of the Chinese National Team play in the NBA.
b.	Yao was the first number one NBA draft pick to come from an international basketball league.
c.	The press follows him everywhere.
d.	He’s a symbol of of China’s emergence on the international stage, a commercial powerhousewith the second largest economy in the world.

12.

The article states, “The Chinese government collects half of his U.S. $18 million annual salary, and Yao remains obligated to play on China’s national team.” What does the word obligated mean?

a.	sentenced, as in sentenced to jail
b.	bound by contract
c.	sworn to secrecy
d.	free to choose

13.

According to the article, which of the following statements about Yao Ming is NOT true?

a.	He is very tall.
b.	He receives little attention from the media.
c.	He became a star quickly.
d.	He was an NBA All-Star.

Vocabulary

14.

In which sentence is the word thrive used logically?

a.	You will thrive if you wear warm clothes.
b.	Journalists must thrive to find good stories.
c.	Children need stimulation to thrive.
d.	People thrive in a hostile environment.

15.

Something that is envisioned is

a.	pictured in one's mind.
b.	engraved in metal.
c.	predicted.
d.	foretold.